Jim Bethke vs. Mike Mimbs — Career Comparison

Jim Bethke
Baby BoomersNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Mimbs
Gen XGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Mimbs built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Bethke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bethke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 5.03 and 1.591 for Mike Mimbs. By the career numbers, Jim Bethke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bethke and Mike Mimbs

Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.63
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
2.48
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.65
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.68
50.68
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.28
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
5.03
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
794
27
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264.2
9
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
9.23
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9.32
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.99
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.95
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
4.86
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
4.28
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
6.05
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.68
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
41.4
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1197
40.7
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.7
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.4
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
5.54
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.95
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.575
1.575
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.576
1.576
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
35.1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1016
34.55
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.7
40.7

Fielding Stats for Jim Bethke and Mike Mimbs

Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.63
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
2.48
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
794
27
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264.2
9
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.7
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.33
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.77
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.63
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.658
0.658
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.68
50.68
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bethke and Mike Mimbs

Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
3750
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
547.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
525
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.08
8.11
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.42
-63.2
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.99
-7.4
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
180
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA